The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a history of the Northwest-history of Illinois-history of the county, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., etc., Part 136

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company
Number of Pages: 932

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STEAR RICHARD, farmer and stock grower, Sec. 32, P. O. Edwards Station, son of Richard and Joanna Stear, nee Pillman, was born in Devonshire, England, Sept. 25, 1829, where he was bred a farmer. He left England in the Spring of 1850, and arrived at Peoria on the Ist day of June, coming directly to the neighborhood of his present home, and began as a farm laborer. He worked one year for John Pillman, and then started a breaking team following that business for two seasons. He sold his team and engaged eighteen months as a farm laborer ; then worked six months as a coal miner. December 23, 1855, he married Miss Eliza, daughter of Robert and Ann Ford, nee Western, who was born in England, Dec. 15, 1534, and came to America in the Spring of 1855, landing at Peoria on the 8th of May. For several years after marriage they were farm tenants in Limestone township. In :567-8, they bought eighty acres of land where they now live. Built a cabin, which was their first home, and com-

menced clearing up the farm. A part of the land is coal bearing, and for two years, in the Winter season, Mr. Stear mined coal at night and hauled to Peoria by day, as a means of living. He also operated a thresh- ing machine, and the first season had one of his feet crushed in the cogs, which laid him up eleven months. When sufficiently recovered he resumed his threshing machine operations for three years, and since then has been engaged exclusively in farming and stock growing. Hle now owns 120 acres, valued at $25 an acre. They have seven children - John W., born March 22, 1856; W'm. Il., June 1, 1858; Thomas, Sept. 2, 1860; James, Jan. 9. 1563; Robert, Dec. 21, 1565; Eliza, Feh. 26, 1872, and Alice Ann, Dec. 16, 1575. Politically he is a Greenback Democrat.

Straesser C. farmer, P.O. Peorla.

Straesser J. farmer. P.O. Peoria. Stratton J. Sr. farmer, P.O. Peoria. Stratton J. Jr. farmer, P.O. Peoria. Stratton Joseph, farmer, P.O. Peorla

Stralton J. farmer. P.O. Peoria.

Swartz Jno. farmer. P.O. Peoria

Swords Wm. farmer and lime burner. P. O. Peorta

STRINGER JOHN, farmer, Sec. 9. P. O. Kickapoo. Is a native of Bullitt county, Ky. He was the third child of Reuben and Delila Stringer, nee Owen, and was born on the 3d day of November, 1806, His father died when he was eight years of age, leaving the family in humble circumstances. Edward Stringer, the grandfather of John, with the concurrence of his children, provided in his will for the liberation of the slaves he owned; that those who were too young to care for themselves should be given into the keeping of humane persons, to be kept until they were twenty years of age, and then to go free. After the death of Reuben Stringer, the support of the family fell upon the widowed mother and the older children. John re- mained at home with his mother until twenty-one years of age, his twenty-first birthday occurring on Saturday. Nov. 3, 1527. Soon after attaining his majority, he went to Louisville, where, in the Winter of 1527-S, he drove a team for $7 per month, including boarding and washing. At that time there was a good deal of excite- ment about the lead mines of Wisconsin and northwest- ern Illinois, and John Stringer and John Coyle, who had married Stringer's only sister, took passage on a steam- boat early in the Spring of 1828 descended the Ohio river to the Mississippi, thence up the Mississippi and Fever rivers to Galena. At Galena a Dr. Hill, of Coss- ville, Wis., placed the hull of a keel-boat at their dis- posal, and the rest of the journey to Cossville was made in that frail craft. They remained at Dodgeville and vicinity until the beginning of July of the next year, but did not do more than make a living, and concluded to abandon the mining region, and to try their luck somewhere else. They loaded their houschold effects on a two-horse wagon, and, without any definite point in view, journeyed southeast, and reached the present

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site of Mossville on the 15th of July, 1829, where they halted. At that time Mr. Stringer's possessions con- sisted of a wardrobe he could carry in a handkerchief, an ax, and an iron wedge. In the Winter of IS29-30, he " squatted " on the southwest quarter of Sec. 34 in what is now Medina township, and commenced to make farm improvements. That Winter he cleared and fenced twelve acres, which he plowed and planted to corn in the Spring of 1830. He made a good crop, and there has never been a season since that he has not had corn to sell from that farm. By the time the land was ready for sale, he had made and saved enough to pay for the land, which still remains in his ownership. In 1832, the Black Hawk war came on, and he was one of the seventy-five men in the county liable to military duty, and was elected corporal in Capt. Ead's Peoria company, and was one of the last men to leave the field of Stillman's disastrous defeat at Stillman's Run. He still has in his possession the rifle he carried in that campaign. On the 27th of June, 1837, he united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Zed and Elizabeth Harris of Bullitt county, Ky., where she was born on the 17th of June, 1818. They remained at the Mossville farm until the 6th day of March, 1846, then removed to the farm they now occupy. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. S. has ever been inside of a railroad car. He has never been sued at law, nor his taxes ever become delinquent. The spirit of Kentucky hospitality and generosity is ever present in Mr. Stringer's home. He commenced in the world with nothing; but his industry and econ- omy has rewarded his old age with competence. Their marital union was honored with five children: Nancy Ann, born 24th August, 1839, married Christian Koener, 25th March, 1858, died 7th April, 1877 ; John H., born 3Ist February, 1843, married Miss Anna M. Grundy, 25th December, 1865, died from the effects of an accident- al gunshot wound, 4th March, 1866 ; Eveline, born 21st February, 1845, died 15th September, 1854; Thomas F., born 20th April, 1847; Mary E., born 12th May, IS52. Mr. Stringer was raised under the influences of the M. E. Church, but neither himself or wife are mem- bers of any religions society. Politically, Mr. S. has always adhered to the Democratic party. Besides the Mossville farm, of 175 acres, valued at $40 an acre, he owns 290 other acres, including the home place, valued at $50 an acre.

STRINGER THOMAS F. farmer, Sec. 9, P. O. Kickapoo, son of John and Elizabeth Stringer, nee Harris, was born at the present Stringer homestead, 20th April, 1847. IIis education was received at the common district school and plow handle. He is un- married and devotes his time and industry to the farm and care and comfort of his parents. He has been called to fill several positions of local trust and re-

sponsibility. in all of which he earned the meed of "well done thou good and faithful servant." He visited the Pacific Slope in the early part of 1875, and during the visit acquired a fund of information respect- ing the country "beyond the Mississippi " and the Rocky Mountains that is invaluable. In every par- ticular the subject of this brief sketch is a prototype of his honored father-an honest man.

THAYER A. W. telegraph operator, rail- road and express agent, Edwards Station, is the second son of William T. and Susan Thayer, nee Gear. He was born at Marshall, Highland county, Ohio, 24th May. 1841. When he was about fifteen years of age, his parents removed to Powesheik county, Iowa, and settled on a farm three years ; then removed to Can- ton, Missouri, where he entered the office of the Re- porter newspaper of that city, as apprentice. When the war of the rebellion came on the Reporter and its management became of ill-repute, and he quit the office to seek employment elsewhere; worked for a time in the office of the Quincy Herald, then until 1865, in various other offices as a journeyman printer. In the Fall and Winter of 1864-5, he secured a " case " in Macomb, where, on the 26th of Jannary, 1865, he married Miss Martha Walker, who was born in that city 8th March, IS45. Her parents, John D. and Jane Walker, nee Sample, were among the first settlers at Macomb. They remained at Macomb till ISto, part of the time working as a printer, and part as a farmer ; then removed to Bardolff, where he engaged as switch- man, and learning telegraphy. In February, 1872, he was badly crushed between two cars, from the effects of which he will never fully recover. In October, 1873, he had so far recovered as to be able to resume tele- graphing and other office work, and was assigned to the agency at Edwards Station. They have had four children, two living : Willie W., who is learning tele- graphy, was born 27th January, 1866, and Charles Al- bert, born 26th March, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer are members of the M. E. Church. He is a Republi- can. His father, eighty years of age, and his mother, seventy years of age, are members of his family.

Thomas A. coal miner. P. O. Peoria. Thorman P. coal miner. P. O. Peorla.

Thorne Jno. farmer. P. O. Peoria.

Thornton John, coal miner. P. O. Peoria.

Thorp G. farmer, non-resident, P. O. unknown.

Treasure W. coal operator. P. O. Peoria.

Tripe .Ino. farmer. P. O. Peoria.

Ulrich Valentine, banker, P. O. Peoria.

Uphoff B. farmer. P. O. Peorla.

Van Patten G. farmer, P. O. Harker's Corners.

Van Patten J. farmer, P. O. Harker's Corners.

VARDEN PATRICK, farmer. Sec. 19, P. O. Edwards Station. Mr. Varden and wife were born in Ireland. He came to America in 1850, and engaged as a railroad laborer. March 25, 1852, he married Judith Carroll, and began life with less than fifty dollars. They first kept house in what had been a

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railroad boarding shanty, and Mrs. Varden said, " It seemed a palace, for it was our first home." For six years he worked on the railroad, or at whatever he could find to do, and in 1858 settled as above, having bonght it in 1857. Their united industry and economy has secured them a good home, and all the comforts of life. They are members of the Catholic Church, and Democratic in political faith. Their land is valued at $50 an acre.

VICARY HENRY, farmer and coal miner, Pottstown, P. O. Peoria. Son of Henry and Ann V'icary, nee Gipps, was born at Cornwall, England, May 23. 1833. He was educated as a wool-comber, and in 1851 he came to America and settled in Delaware county, Penn .; in 1864 he came to this township and settled on what is known as Jones' Prairie, engaging as a farmer and lime-burner two years. In 1866 removed to Pottstown and engaged in present business. July 3. 1857, he married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Alice Lonsdale, who was born in Lancashire, England, August 29, 1839. They have had nine children - Alice Ann, horn in Delaware county, Pa., November 18, 1859, married Jacob Waits, December 25, 1877 ; John, born January 20, 1862; George Washington, born February 22, 1864 ; Ellen, born June 30, 1866 ; Mary, born July 5, 1868 ; James, born January 2, 1871, died in infancy; Ilenry, born August 28, 1873; William, born March 7, 1876; James Everett, born August 17, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Vicary are adherents of the Church of England. Politically Mr. Vicary is a Republican. He owns eighty-nine acres of land, a part of which is coal bearing, and a hotel property, the aggregate value of which is $10,000.

VORHEES JOSEPH, farmer, Sec. 6, P. O. Kickapoo. Garrett Vorhees, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Somerset county, N. J., on the 9th day of June, 1763 ; served in the closing years of the revolutionary war. About 1790, he married Miss Parsell, and in 1791, immigrated to the West and settled in Columbia, Hamilton county. O. (Cincinnati at that time consisting of but a few cabins, and was called Fort Washington), and lived there in a station two years, engaged as a teamster for General Wayne's army. In 1794 moved to the land which he occupied at the time of his death, Dec. 14, 1862, in the ninety- ninth year of his age. He had nine children by his first wife, and after her death he married a Miss Jerusha, daughter of Charles Rugg, who was born on Long Island. The issue of this marriage was three children -- Joseph, Garrett and Harvey. Joseph was born Feb. 25, 1815, and was raised and educated near Reading, Hamilton county, O., on the farm where his father died. In the Fall of 1839 he came to l'eoria county, and in the latter part of that Winter purchased the farm on which he now lives. On the 10th of March, 1840, he

married Miss Sarah, daughter of Minney and Sarah Rynearson, nee Carroll, who was born near the old vil- lage of Scipio, Franklin county, Ind., August 19, 1823. In 1834, she came with her parents to the present site of Mossville, remaining there three years, and then re- moved to Rosefield township. After their marriage they spent about eighteen months in Ohio, then returned to the home they now occupy. They have had twelve children - Garrett II., born Jan. 3. 1841, married April 11, 1865, Miss Emily Cook, who was born in Devonshire, England, Aug. 25, 1843: John R., born March 23, 1843, died Feb. 23, 1845: Jerusha A., born Sept. 24, 1845, died March 24. 1847; I.aura Ann, born July 1, 1848, died March 9. 1849; William M., born July 11. IS51; Algenan S., born Jan. 28, 1854, died Sept. 7. 1856; Martha Ann, born May 20, 1856, died Oct. 16, 1858; Elizabeth, born Sept. 30, 185S, died Nov. 20, following : Joseph E., born Nov. 5, 1859, died April 4. 1860; Mariah II., born Jan 20, 1862, died March 4 following ; Charles E., born March 8, 1863. died Aug. 17 of the same year; Joseph M., born March 29, 1868. Mr. V. is an adherent of the Presby- terian Church; Mrs. V. of the Methodist Church. Politics, Greenback. Ile owns 470 acres of land, val- ued at $40 an acre. Mrs. V. owns eighty acres in her own right, valued at $50 an acre.

Wakerly A. larıner, P.O. Peorla. Walker Wm. farmer, P.O. l'eoria. Walter S. farmer, P. O. Harker's Corners. Wallers Jacob, farmer, P.O. l'eorla. Ward Jas. farmer, P.O Peorla. Ward P. farmer, 13.0. Peorla.

WANTLING ISAAC, coal operator, Edwards Station.

Weers W. farmer, 1'.O. Peorla.

WELLS JACOB HI. retired, P. O. Kickapoo, son of Thomas and Judith Wells, nee Colby, was born in Newchester, now Hill, New Hampshire, June 3. ISII. He comes of a Jong lived race, his father living to past eighty years. In 1824 he removed to West Randolph, V't., and while there worked out among the farmers until 1834, when, for two years, he drove a six- horse team, freighting from Vermont to Boston and back. April 3, 1836, he was married to Susan I .. Con- nor, of Andover, N. 11. In 1838 he removed to Illi- nois, settling in that year in what is now Rosefield township, Peoria county, and is therefore one of the oldest settlers in the county. lle has had three chil- dren, two girls and a boy - Susan Christina, born Oct. 9. IS42, died Oct. 18, 1843; Jacob Baxter, born June 10, 1845, now in the railroad ticket office at Kansas City ; Emma Medora, born April 12, 1847, died Oct. 20, 1872. llis wife, Susan L., died Feb. 11, 1849. She taught the first school ever taught in Rosefield town- ship, in the Benj. Miller neighborhood, in the Winter of 18.42-3. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Wells removed to Kickapoo township, March 29, 1866, and

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was married to Jane R. Dawson, formerly McClandish, who died Aug. 27, 1877. While he lived in Rosefield he filled the office of constable, and was elected to the same office in Kickapoo. He has also filled the office of town supervisor two years and a half, six months by appointment and two years by election. Since 1860 he has filled the office of town clerk. In politics he is a Green- backer. Mr. Wells is a noble representative of a class of mem fast fading out. He was honest, trustworthy, and possessed the confidence of his immediate fellow citizens, always holding some office of trust and re- sponsibility.

West R. coal miner. P. O. Peoria. West Wm. farmer, P. O. Peorla. Whitlon S. R. Iarmer, P. O. Peorla. Wilson Walter, coal miner. P. O. Peorla. Winters C. farmer, P. O. Peoria. Withelm J. coal miner, P. O. Peoria.

WHITTEMORE DANIEL, farmer, Sec. 23, P. O. Peoria ; son of Daniel and Sarah Whittemore, nee Corgin, was born at Thomson, Windham county, Conn., October 5, 1815, where he grew to manhood with such educational advantages as the country and the times afforded. After he was twenty-one years of age, he served three years at the trade of shoemaker ; and on May 2, 1841, he married Betsy, daughter of Job and Betsy Irish, nee O'Brien, who was born at Goshen, Conn., September 7, 1814. In May, 1848, they came to Illinois, and settled on section II, this township ; two and a half years later, removed to section 23. In . 1854, in consequence of bad health, he sold out, took a tour through Iowa and Wisconsin, returned and pur- chased his present farm, and settled down to the bard work of clearing up another farm. He has had four children : Nancy Jane, born February 5, 1842, married Frederick Winkler, July 20, 1860'; Daniel Engene, born August 2, 1846, died April 18, 1848; Delancy, born August 12, 1848 ; Sarah Lugene, born December 6, 1851, married George H. Peterson, December 6, 1877. Mrs. Whittemore died July 15, 1873. Mr. Whittemore devoted several years to the study of botany, adopting Gray's mannal as his text book, and has become familiar with all flora native to the town- ship. The Whittemore estate consists of 100 acres, valued at $35 an acre. Protestant in religion. Inde- pendent Republican.

WILKINSON J. H. M. D., Edwards Station, is a son of Joseph and Eliza Wilkinson, nee Harlon, and was born in Warren county, Ohio, July 20, 1823. In 1828, his parents removed to Indiana and settled in Parke county, where he worked on his father's farm until his sixteenth year, at which time he entered In- diana Asbury University at Greencastle, where he spent five years teaching school at intervals as a means of support. Soon after passing his twenty-first birth- day, he commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Allen and Weaver, at Rockville, in Parke county ; at-

tended lectures at the Louisville Medical College and graduated in three years. In 1848, he came to Kicka- poo village and commenced practice, which he success- fully prosecuted for thirty years, when he retired to take general management and oversight of his farms, coal mines and store at Edwards Station. He owns about one thousand acres of valuable farm and coal Iand, the average value of which is about $75 per acre. Ife married Miss Isadore E. Edwards, daughter of Thomas and Elenor Edwards, nee Scott, who was born in Hampshire county, Virginia, May 19, 1829. Hier parents came to what is now Rosefield township in the Spring of 1835. Dr. and Mrs. Wilkinson have no children. They are members of the M. E. Church and active Sabbath school and temperance workers. Poli- tically, he is a Republican.

Wollslag J. Iarmer, P. O. Peoria. Wooland E. coal operator, P. O. Peoria.

ZERWEKH FAMILY, farmers, Sec. 22, P. O. Peoria. The mother of this respected family is Rosina, daughter of Moritz and Dorothea Steinle, nee Wünsch, and was born at Unterturkheim, Wurtemberg, Germany, 23d February, 1823, and on the 20th day of July, 1843, was married to John Jacob, son of George and Christina Zerwekh, nee 'Diener, who was born in the same town 28th April, 1820. This marriage united two of the first families of their native town, the por- traits of their immediate ancestors being accorded a place in the royal art gallery. Mr. Zerwekh was a vine-yardist and co-owner of a cement quarry. In the Winter of 1852-3 he disposed of his interest in Ger- many, and immigrated to America, arriving at Ha- gerstown, Maryland, on the 11th day of April, 1853, where they remained a year; then came to Peoria county and purchased a home in Sec. 23, this township, which they occupied until 1874. They had some means, which, with economy and industry, enabled them to secure a good and comfortable home. In the Fall of 1864, Mr. Zerwekh was drafted into the army, and on the 28th of November bade his family good-bye, and joined the regiment. He was taken sick soon after he reached Chattanooga, Tenn., and died in hospital at that place, 25th January, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Zerwekh had eleven children that grew to man- hood and womanhood, and one that died in early infancy : Jacob G., born 18th February, 1844 , married Mariah Whiting, 20th October, 1871 ; Rosina D., born 29th November, 1846; John, 11th April, 1848, married Mary Whiting, 29th November, 1874; Christian F., born 6th September, 1849, died from injuries received hy a kick from a horse, 24th September, 1867 ; Wilhel- mina J., born 18th December, 1850, married Michael Bauer, 3d December, 1874. (Mr. Bauer died in Wichita county, Kansas, from poison administered by a man named Conway, 31st December, 1879.) Chris-

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tiana D., born 30th March, 1852, married Charles Bus- chow, 18th February, 1878 ; William, born 24th March, IS54; llenry, born 9th January. 1856 ; August, born Ist May, 1858, and Carl, born 9th May, 1863. On the 14th of December, 1865, Mrs. Zerwekh re-married with George Henry Graze, by whom she had one child, Christian F., who was born 28th March, 1569. In March, 1874, the family removed from the old home place on Sec. 23 to their present residence, where Mr.

Graze, the second husband, died 24th March, 1875. On the 25th of April, 1873. Mrs. Z. left Peoria to visit her old father and old home in Germany, her father then being eighty-three years of age. Her father died in 1879, aged eighty-eight years. Mrs. Z. owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, valued at $35 per acre. The family are adherents of the German Lutheran Church.

LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP.

Abele F. shoemaker, P. O. Kickapoo.

AWL CHARLES S. farmer, Sec. 5, P.O. Peo- ria, was born in Northumberland county, Penn., Ist Aug., 1808, his parents being Samuel and Mary Awl, nee McClay. At the age of seventeen, he was appren- ticed for three years to the trade of a hatter, at the ex- piration of which he traveled several years as a journey- man. The Ist Nov., 1832, he married Lucy, daughter of Stephen Duncan, born in Lycoming county, Penn., 5th Sept., 1812. In 1833 they came to Peoria and re- mained two years and a half. On the Ist Aug., 1836, moved to a tract of land he had entered of government, in Sec. 22, and in 1845, located on his present farm. He was among the first settlers in this township, and attended the first school meeting ever held, and has been prominently identified with the affairs of the town- ship since. Ile served as constable two years and a half, and filled the office of justice of the peace for twenty years, besides filling other local offices. He has had nine children : Ann Ellen, born 24th Aug., 1833. married to Thomas Bohanan ; Lucy D., 16th Feb. 1835. married Wm. II. Bohanan ; George Washington, 29th May, 1837, married Eliza Elliott ; Martha Jane, 24th July. 1839, married George Andrews ; Mary McClay, Ist -, 1841, died 22d Dec., 1858; Harriet Louisa, 23d Oct., 1843, married James Nicholas ; Charles Sam- uel, 31st Jan., 1845 ; William McClay, 16th March, 1847; Robert Harris, 27th Dec. 1853, married Lucinda Jones. Mr. Awl is a Democrat, and in religion a Free Thinker. Atwood W. farmer, P. O. Peoria. Bally Ann, farmer, 1'. O. Kickapoo.

BALL EDWARD, coal operator, Sec. 26, l'. O. Peoria, is a son of Samuel and Sarah Ball, nee Kare, and was born in Mercer county, l'enn., 8th Aug., 1850, and came with his parents to l'eoria county when he was two years old, and has ever since lived in the neighborhood of his present home. January 27, 1874. he married Colona Anderson, daughter of Colbert and Juliet Anderson, nee Trial, who was born May 31st, 1855. They have three children . Isola, Sarah L. and Samuel.

BARNBROOK ISAIAH, miner, P. O. Peoria.

Batt C. W. farmer, J'. O. Peorla.

BARTON WM. C. II. farmer and distiller, Sec. 25, P. O. Peoria. Is a son of Vincent and Mary Ann Barton, nee Wright, and was born in Licking county, O., 14th May, 1818. Ilis parents came to Illi- nois, and arrived at Farm creek on the evening of Dec. 24, 1825. His father was a millwright, and came to build the Hamlin mill. In 1830, the elder Barton and D. Matthews secured a charter for a ferry at the Narrows, when the Barton family removed to the Peoria side of the river. In 1832, removed on the farm now occupied by Vincent Miller. In December, 1834, the father died, after which William began life on his own account, working wherever he could find employment. In 1838, he engaged in Aiken's sawmill, since when he has been nearly always connected with milling inter- ests. His home farm was made from a dense forest, 250 to 300 acres of which is now as clean and smooth as a virgin prairie. In the Fall of 1878, he bought an interest in the Kickapoo sour-mash distillery. The establishment was re-modeled, re-fitted, and success- fully run until an explosion of the steam boilers, in the latter part of February. ISSo, rendered it a complete wreck, and involved a financial loss of several thousand dollars. Politically, Mr. B. is a Republican. Ile has served three terms as supervisor from his township. On June 9, 1550, he married Ann, daughter of Isaac and Catharine Rickets, nee Mounts, who was born near Rising Sun, Ind., 19th June, 1834. They have had five children, John T., born April, 1852, died at tive weeks ; Ilenry S., born 19th November, 1853. married Mary Jane Bickerton, of Arkansas, 31st December, 1879 ; Nancy Jane, born 14th October, 1857, married Samuel Brewer, 28th March, 1877, Alice, born 20th March, 1560. died 20th December, same year ; William Warren, born 31st December. 1864. Mr. Barton owns about 1,000 acres of land, valued at $50 an acre. While the Barton family lived on the Miller place, as men-

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The History of Peoria County, Illinois. Containing a history of the Northwest-history of Illinois-history of the county, its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc., etc., Part 136

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company Number of Pages: 932

Author: Johnson & co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Johnson & Company
Number of Pages: 932