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Sarah Hickman, continued to reside in Vermillion Co. until their death. Jane Brown, mother of the subject of this sketch, died in 1854, aged about 65 years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown's children are Clark J., Sarah J., Mary A. (Mrs. F. B. Walker), Martha E., John H., Angeline V. (Mrs. H. Milligan), James C., Vincent D., Allen H., Florence V. and Caroline (died at the age of four).
LEVI CANDY, farmer, Sec. 1 ; P. O. Rock Grove ; born in Center Co., Penn., Dec. 20, 1812; removed to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1864; has a farm of 120 acres at his home location, with 10 acres of timber-land in Rock Grove Township ; his farm is under good cultivation, and his home surroundings decidedly pleasant. His religious preferences are with the German Reformed Church ; his political affiliations, with the Democratic party. He was married in March, 1837, to Miss Catharine Emrich, a native of the same neighborhood in Center Co., Penn .; their children are Ann Maria, now Mrs. George Long, of Rock Grove; Sarah, now Mrs. Uriah Swartz, of Rock Grove, and John A.
J. CLINGMAN, farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Dakota ; the subject of this sketch, a son of Josiah Clingman, deceased, was born in Stephenson Co., Oct. 27, 1843; has been a continuous resident of the county, except during the civil war, when he was, for nearly three years, a soldier ; enlisted in July, 1861, in Co. A, 11th I. V. I .; was taken prisoner at Ft. Donelson, and for eight months was in rebel prisons, at Macon, Richmond, Montgomery and other points within the Confederacy ; when exchanged, he rejoined his regiment, and did service there until he was promoted to First Lieutenant in the 55th U. S. I .; finally resigned on account of disability ; since the war he has been engaged in farming; his farm comprises 160 acres. He is a member of the Republican party ; is School Director in his district. In 1865, he married Miss Mary E. Smith, a native of Pennsylvania, but resident in Stephenson Co. since an early age ; their children are Elfrida, Jennie and Robert.
HARRISON DIEMER, farmer, Sec. 27 ; P. O. Dakota; born in North- ampton Co., Penn., Oct. 18, 1828; came to Stephenson Co., Ill., with his parents, in 1847 ; has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits, except two years (from the fall of 1854 to the fall of 1856), during which time he was engaged in mercantile business in Cedarville ; he was the first supervisor for his township, after Dakota Township was detached from Buckeye, for seventeen or eighteen years a School Director, and has held other local offices. He is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, an { of the Republican party ; has a magnificent home farm of 280 acres, besides 12 acres of tim- ber-land, in Ridott Township ; all his possessions are the result of his own exertions, aided by the happy selection of a good location. He was married Nov. 6, 1852, to Miss Ann R. Etmyre ; she was born in Washington Co., Md., April 2, 1836; came to Ogle Co., Ill., with her parents, in 1838; her father and mother thereafter resided in Ogle Co. ; her father, Henry Etmyre, died in 1842 ; her mother, Sarah Etmyre, died in Feb- ruary, 1861. Mr. D.'s parents, Michael and Susan Diemer, were permanently in Stephenson Co. from 1847; his mother died in 1853, aged 54; his father lived in Cedarville the last eighteen or twenty years of his life ; he died there March 29, 1878, aged 73 years, having been for over forty years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Diemer have lived in their present location since 1856, have planned and executed the improvements on the farm, and the large, conveniently arranged and shade-embowered house, with its tasteful profusion of luxuriant flowers. shows, in all its appointments, a cultivated taste and careful hands ; they have two children-Luther M. and Walter W.
JACOB DUBS, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. Rock Grove ; born in Germany Jan. 29, 1848 ; in 1852, his parents, Jacob and Henrietta Dubs, emigrated to America with their family ; the mother died on the journey, and the father, with his two sons, Rudolph and Jacob, settled in Stephenson Co. in the year above named ; the father died Feb. 28, 1877, aged nearly 66 ycars ; the brother, Rudolph, of Cleveland, Ohio, is a Bishop of the Evangelical Church, and travels over much of the United States in the interests of the church. Jacob, whose name heads this sketch, has devoted his attention chiefly to
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agricultural pursuits ; his farm embraces 85 acres of land, well improved, nicely situated and under good cultivation. Religion, Evangelical Church.
WILLIAM E. ILGEN, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Dakota ; born in Center (afterward called Clinton) Co., Penn., Aug. 27, 1822 ; in 1842, he came to Stephen- son Co., Ill., with his father, George Ilgen ; worked on the farm with his father for eight years after coming here, but since his marriage has been farming for himself; has a farm of 80 acres. Is a member of the Lutheran Church; was a Democrat until the breaking-out of the civil war ; since then he has been a Republican. In 1850, he mar- ried Miss Elizabeth A. Kaley ; she was born in Union Co., Penn., Jan. 15, 1832; their children are Mary, Barbara Ann, Elizabeth (deceased), Sarah, Robert, Martin Luther, Normanda, George Emanuel (deceased), John Kassinas, Martha Ellen, William Grant (deceased), Americus Lincoln, Oscar Franklin, Caroline and Daniel Webster. Mrs. Ilgen came to Stephenson Co. in 1849, with her parents, Solomon and Elizabeth Kaley ; her father died in 1866, aged 68 years ; her mother, aged 80, is yet living near Buena Vista. The subject of this sketch has seen most of the growth of this locality of Illi- nois ; made the first track from his father's house to Cedarville during the deep snow of 1842, when the grist-mills at Cedarville were inaccessible, the corn was dried in the stove, ground in the coffee-mill, and in this tedious method the meal was prepared; their wheat for the market had for a long time to be hauled to Chicago. 120 miles, by wagon, and sold for 35 cents a bushel. Contrasts between then and now are vividly present in the minds of the old settlers.
JOHN KRYDER, retired farmer ; P. O. Dakota ; born in Center Co., Penn., Jan. 16, 1797 ; resided there until 1847, when he removed to Stephenson Co., Ill. ; bought and improved large tracts of land, which he afterward apportioned among his children, so that they are all comfortably provided for ; retired from active work some thirty years ago, and, so far as bodily infirmities now permit his attending to business, his attention is given to managing his property and financial investments ; he is invariably spoken of as a kind-hearted, useful man, ever ready to assist those who need help. Religion, Lutheran ; politics, Democratic. He was married, in 1820, to Miss Susannah Keene, of Center Co., Penn. ; she died in 1863 ; they had eight children, six of whom are now living-William, David, Jacob, Andrew J., Sarah J. (now Mrs. Martin S. Lapp) and Joseph ; two deceased-Henry H. and Samuel M. The second son above named, David Kryder, with whom the father makes his home, was born in Center Co., Penn., Feb. 28, 1823, and came to Stephenson Co., Ill., with his parents, in 1847. Is a member of the Reformed Church, and of the Democratic party. Was married, in 1846, to Miss Sarah Smull, who was born in Center Co., Penn., Feb. 1, 1822; their only child, Sam- uel J., died in 1864.
MARTIN S. LAPP, farmer, Sec. 35 ; P. O. Dakota ; born near Black Rock Ferry, Bertie Co., Upper Canada, Dec. 26, 1826; in 1841, came to Ogle Co., Ill .; thence, after a year's residence, came to Stephenson Co. in 1842; has a fine 80-acre farm, with a good residence and other buildings. His religious preferences are with the German Baptist Church ; his politics, Democratic. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Sarah J. Kryder, daughter of John Kryder, an old and honored citizen of Dakota Town- ship ; Their children are William Henry, Abram C., Lydia Ann (now Mrs. W. H. Miller), Mary Elizabeth (now Mrs. George W. Lilley), John Samuel, Susannah (deceased), Sarah Jane (deceased), Saloma Agnes, Jacob D., Hattie Viola, Isaac Edward and Maudie May.
WILLIAM McELHINEY, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Rock Grove; born in Center Co. Penn., Dec. 26, 1820; his parents, with the family, left Pennsylvania in November, 1829, and came West, getting into Illinois some little time before Christmas of that year; first settled in Edgar Co., lived there for several years, removing to Ste- phenson Co., in June, 1837 ; Mr. McE's. parents, John B. and Mary McElhiney, were well known as among the earliest settlers in their locality; the father died in 1872, aged about 81 years ; the mother, 89 years of age, is yet living, making her home with her son William, the subject of this sketch; Mr. McElhiney's life-vocation has been, as is at
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present, that of farming; his farm embraces 80 acres ; has been School Director in his District, but has no desire for office-holding. Politics, Democratic.
WILLIAM McELHINEY, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Dakota; born in Stephenson Co., Nov. 5, 1839; is a son of James McElhiney, an old settler and well- known citizen, now a resident in Rock Run Township. The subject of this sketch was, during the civil war, a soldier in Co. B, 46th I. V. I .; was engaged in the battles of Ft. Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, etc .; was honorably discharged after the battle of Shiloh, on account of disability, contracted in the line of his duty as a soldier ; since the war, has been engaged in farming; has 80 acres of land, and his wife owns 150 acres both tracts located in Dakota Township. He is a member of the United Pres- byterian Church, and of the Republican party. He was married in 1864 to Miss Mary S. Templeton, a native of New Berlin, Union Co., Penn .; their children are -Arthur T., Alberto Edwin, Ralph Alexander, Guy Willie and Pearley James Aiken; since their marriage they have lived eight years, 1867 to 1875, at Cleve- land, Bradley Co., Tenn., returning here in 1875. Mrs. McElhiney is a daughter of Samuel and Mary Templeton, who were quite early settlers in Stephenson Co .; their . children were-James A., Alexander, of Cleveland, Tenn. ; David H., deceased ; Walker and Mary S., Mrs. William McElhiney; David H., deceased, was a soldier in Co. D, 93d I. V. I .; he died of disease, in the fall of 1862, at the residence of his brother Alexander, who then lived in Dakota Township.
KEYES S. MARLIN, physician, Dakota ; born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Dec. 25, 1833; lived most of his early life in Schuylkill Co .; studied his profession and attended lectures in Philadelphia, graduating at the Pennsylvania Medical College in 1854, at the age of 21 ; after being some little time in practice at Tuscarora, Penn., he came West and located at Rock Grove, Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1856; after about a year there, went to Iowa, and, when the war broke out, entered the service as Assistant Surgeon of the 20th Iowa V. I., and was in the service of the medical department for nearly five years, having there a wide range of service and of practice ; was the greater portion of the time on detached service with different commands ; while with Gen. Fre- mont, was the First Surgeon of McClurg's command ; at a later date attended Batteries B, D and E, Mo. Artillery and a battery of heavy artillery, at Ft. Brown, and the last year of service was with the 37th I. V. I .. After the war was over, located in Dakota, and has a generous share of practice in his field of professional labor. His wife, Mrs. Caroline Wolf, nee Bordner, is a daughter of Jacob Bordner, an old settler and well- known citizen of Stephenson Co .; they have two children-Joan Alice and Francis Gurney.
ROBERT F. MITCHELL, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Dakota; born in Pennsylvania, in the part of Center Co. that is now Clinton Co., June 11, 1824 ; came to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1842; lived first at Buena Vista for six months, and then moved to the Miller farm, near Freeport, where he lived until 1864, when he moved to his present location. He was married May 28, 1848, to Miss Zero Ohcks, also a native of Pennsylvania; their children are Permila, Reuben R., Joseph Q., Charles E., George W. and James M. Mr. Mitchell's farm embraces 120 acres, well located, in good condition and nicely improved. He is a member of the Republican party ; has held township offices, and is thoroughly respected by all who know him. Aided by a worthy wife, good children, and intelligent industry, he is in quite comfortable circumstances ; worth several dollars "less than nothing" when he came to the county, his example is worth noting, in illustration of what may be done by one who is willing to industriously sue his powers for good purposes.
SAMUEL R. MOYER, teacher, Sec. 10; P. O. Fountain Creek ; born in Stephenson Co. Sept. 12, 1854; his parents, George and Mary Caroline Moyer, were old settlers here, coming here from Pennsylvania about 1851; both died some eighteen or nineteen years ago, the father aged about 38 years, the mother about 36 years ; the subject of this sketch, after some preliminary study in the common schools, attended school, first at Naperville, Ill. ; was one year there ; afterward attended at Valparaiso, Ind .; was in attendance there for a year ; closed his school attendance in 1876 ; had been teaching
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in alternation with attending school, before this time, and, since that date, has been engaged in the schools of the county ; has been teaching, at least a portion of the time, every year since 1874.
ROBERT NELSON, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Dakota; born in the north part of Ireland Jan. 8, 1829 ; emigrated to America, and settled in Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1844, in company with his parents, John and Mary Nelson; his father died in 1877 ; his mother is y-t living ; he has been chiefly engaged in farming ; for about three years, from 1857 to 1860, he was traveling, principally in Kansas and Missouri ; he has 160 acres of land in Dakota Township ; in company with his brother, has 20 acres of tim- ber-land in Richland, and besides this, he has a considerable quantity of land in Kansas ; has held school offices for many years. Religion, Presbyterian ; politics, Democrat. He was married in 1861, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, who is a native of the same locality in Ireland that he is from. Their children living are Andrew, John, James, William, Samuel, Thomas, Robert, Sarah Ann and Mary Eliza ; one other child, Robert, deceased.
SAMUEL OTTO, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Dakota; born in Pennsylvania in the year 1824; came with his parents to Ohio, in 1838, and from there, seven years later, to Stephenson Co., Ill., in November, 1845. His father, Daniel Otto, was killed by a railroad accident, June 25, 1860 ; his mother, Mary M. Otto, died in 1862. In 1848, he married Miss Ann Catharine Ilgen, also a native of Pennsylvania, and the daughter of George and Maria Ilgen; their children are-William H. (deceas d), George D., Mary C. (deceased), Benjamin Franklin (deceased), and John D. Mr. Otto's farm embraces 96 acres, in a very fine location. He is a member of the Method- ist Episcopal Church ; has been School Director and Constable for almost eighteen years ; being here so early he has seen many changes in the country since his coming ; he assisted in the survey of Cedarville when that town was laid out, and has seen most of the rise, growth and progress of his own town of Dakota.
S. P. ROTE, merchant ; Dakota; born in Clinton Co., Penn., Sept. 4, 1837 ; came to Stephenson Co. in 1855 ; in the fall of 1857, he went to Green Co., Wis., and was there five years, though part of this time, at intervals, was in Stephenson Co. ; most of these years he worked at the carpenter trade; returning here, he afterward bought a farm in the northeast part of Lancaster Township, and gave his attention to farming from the fall of 1867 to the fall of 1872; he then engaged in well-drilling and setting up pumps, which business he pursued until the fall of 1878 ; since that time he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits ; his landed possessions embrace 136 acres in Lan- caster, Ridott and Rock Run Townships, and he has, besides, some considerable property in Dakota. Religion, Methodist ; politics, Republican. He was married in the spring of 1867, to Miss Rebecca J. Brown, daughter of William Brown, an old, well-known and much esteemed citizen of Lancaster Township, who settled here about 1845. Mr. and Mrs. Rote have an only son, a bright-eyed boy, named Willie.
B. SCHMELTZER, retired, Dakota; born in Lycoming Co., Penn., March 13, 1828 ; when 3 years of age, removed with his parents to Center Co., which was thereafter his home until his removal to Illinois ; about 1850, he made a trip of a year's duration through Illinois and Iowa; removed to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1866 ; was for a long time largely engaged in stock-buying, etc., and for several years also engaged in mercantile business in Dakota; his working habits, the result of long years of continu- ous activity, cause him to still keep moving in the management of his farms, etc., although he has retired from active business ; he has 60 acres in his home farm, and 80 acres in another location, all, however, in Dakota Township; both farms are in excel- lent condition, and show the results of careful tillage. In politics, he is Democratic. In 1855, he was married to Miss Mary Hoy, also a native of Pennsylvania.
J. D. SCHMELTZER, grain dealer, Dakota ; born in Center Co., Penn., March 4, 1823; removed to Stephenson Co., Ill., in January, 1854, having been with his family in Muscatine Co., Iowa, for a few months preceding this ; has been engaged in grain-buying for the last twenty years ; before this was in mercantile business in Rock Grove ; was also Postmaster of that place, holding his appointment to the position from
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President Pierce ; his property and business interests are in Dakota, and he takes a lively interest in promoting the welfare of the place. Politics, Democratic. In 1852, he married Miss Anna M. Mingle, also a native of Center Co., Penn .; their children are Thomas, George (deceased), Henry, John and Alice.
JOHN S. SMITH, grain, stock and lumber dealer, Dakota; born in Franklin Co., Penn., April 4, 1808; removed to Ohio in 1840, and from there, after a four-years' residence, came to Stephenson Co., Ill., in the fall of 1844 ; was employed in agricultural pursuits until about 1868 or 1869, when he retired from farming; was not, thereafter, in active business, until some four years ago, when he engaged in the lumber trade, which he has since carried on in connection with occasional dealing in grain, stock, etc. ; has 330 acres of land in Lancaster and Ridott Townships, beside some town property, etc. ; has held school offices. Is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is politically affiliated with the Democratic party. He was married in 1835 to Miss Catharine Frazier, a native of Somerset Co., Penn .; their children are James (deceased), William, Lizzie, Orlando, John, Franklin, Annie and Ellen (deceased).
MICHAEL D. STACK, retired, Dakota; born in Ireland, in 1809 ; emigrated to America in 1847; after a brief stay in Montreal, Canada, he came into Vermont, where he remained about two years, and then removed to Ohio ; lived in that State four years ; from Ohio he removed to Indiana, in which State he resided four years, removing to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1857; was employed in railroading from 1847 to 1857, and worked on track repairs on the railroad here for several years after the completion of the road ; has not been in any active business since 1865; he is the present President of the Board of Village Trustees, and held the same position during two previous terms, in 1855 and 1856 ; was also Street Commissioner for two years ; has six lots and a house in Dakota, and is comfortably circumstanced. Religion, Catholic ; politics, Democrat. In 1843, he married Miss Mary Denaan, also a native of Ireland ; she died in 1863 ; his children are John, Margaret, Robert Michael and Ellen Mary.
JAMES A. TEMPLETON, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Dakota; born in Union Co., Penn., July 2, 1828 ; came to Stephenson Co. in 1849, with his parents, Samuel P. and Mary Templeton, known by a large number of people in the county ; his parents were beloved for many estimable qualities, by all their acquaintances ; his mother died in 1858; his father in April, 1879; Mr. T. has been chiefly engaged in farming, though for six years engaged at the same time in mercantile business in Dakota ; he was for several years Supervisor for his township ; has held various town- ship and school offices, and is, in all good enterprises, one of the leading men of his community. Religion, United Presbyterian ; politics, Republican. His farm embraces 165 acres in Dakota and Rock Run Townships. He was married, Dec. 26, 1854, to Miss Jennie W. Curran, a native of Juniata Co., Penn .; their children, living, are Mary J., Annie E. J., Laura Luella, Samuel H., Oscar J., Lizzie J. and Walker W .; those deceased are Willie, Harvey, and one who died in infancy.
WALKER TEMPLETON, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Dakota; born in Union Co., Penn., Feb. 14, 1839 ; with his parents, Samuel and Mary Templeton, came to Stephenson Co., Ill., in the spring of 1849; during the civil war, he was a non-commissioned officer of Co. D, 93d I. V. I., of the 15th Army Corps ; most of the time he was one of the sergeants of the color-guard, and consequently saw the liveliest portion of the battles through which the flag of his regiment was carried in the numerous engagements in which it bore a gallant part; among these conflicts may be mentioned Champion Hill, siege of Vicksburg, Altoona Pass, Missionary Ridge, etc., etc .; he was discharged, at the close of the war, at Louisville, Ky., and has since been engaged in farming ; has 120 acres of land in Dakota Township and 20 acres of timber land in Ridott Township. Is a member of the United Presbyterian Church ; polit- ically, is affiliated with the Republican party. In 1872, he married Miss Elizabeth Bragg, a native of England; in her childhood she came to America with her parents ; her parents, Wm. M. and Margaret Bragg, first settled in Iowa, and afterward removed to Kansas, where they now reside. Mr. and Mrs. Templeton have one child, Will- iam S.
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R. M. TELFER, railroad agent, Dakota ; born in Hamilton, Scotland, Jan. 9, 1850; in the same year the family emigrated to America, and settled in Racine, Wis., where his parents still continue to reside ; Mr. Telfer has been chiefly employed in railroad business ; for the last fifteen years has been in the employ of the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul R. R. ('o .; four years of that time he was in Racine, Wis., four years in Savannah, and for the last seven years, as railroad and express agent and tele- graph operator at his present location. Politics, Republican. He was married in 1870 to Miss Flora Wallace, who was born in Muscatine Co., Iowa, Sept. 22, 1851, but has, for the most of her life, been a resident of Ielinois ; their children are Jennie, Belle, Fred and Flora. Mr. Telfer's parents are David and Mary Telfer, of Racine, Wis. ; his grandparents, Archibald and Jennie Telfer, also came to Racine in 1850 ; they afterward removed to Elkhorn, Wis., and died there at a good old age; Mrs. Telfer's father, Alexander Wallace, came to this country, from his native place in Scotland, at an early period in the history of the West ; was chiefly engaged as a practical river-man, in steamboat enterprises on the Mississippi River, until nearly the time of his death, which occurred in 1852. His wife, Sarah Wallace (now Mrs. Needer, by a second marriage), is yet living in Clinton, Iowa.
COL. GEORGE WALKER, retired farmer ; P. O. Dakota; born in Center (afterward Clinton) Co., Penn., April 17, 1809; removed to Stephenson Co., Ill., in 1849 ; the trip from Pennsylvania here was made by wagon, five weeks being occu- pied in the journey, reaching here on the 24th of October, of the year above named ; his vocation has been farming since 1836; this was varied by official business, etc., but his active spirit has made for him a constantly busy life ; he was Auditor of Clinton Co., Penn., for a term, and another term, Commissioner of the same county, and has held various local offices since his residence here; he has quite an extended military experi- ence, having been, under the militia system of Pennsylvania, five years a Lieutenant, seven years a Captain, and seven years a Lieut. Colonel; the last three years of the time was an aid to Gov. Francis R. Shunk, of Pennsylvania ; his property here embraces 180 acres of land, a block in the east part of Dakota, four lots in his residence property, etc. Religion, Lutheran ; politics, Democratic. He was married in 1836 to Miss Mary Gamble, also a native of what is now Clinton Co., Penn .; their children are James W., Franklin B., Mary C., John S., Nancy E., Amanda J., Emma (deceased) and George V.
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