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A. B. BROOKS, farmer, Sec. 10, P. O. Lockport ; was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1809 ; his parents moved to Del- aware County when he was 10 years old, and remained there until 1826, when they moved to Erie Co., N. Y .; in 1837, he moved to this eounty, his parents following. His father, Benjamin, died on the farm his son Alonzo now resides on, in 1864, and his mother, Annie, in 1836 ; in 1839, Alonzo moved to his present farm, where he has ever since resided. Has been Justice of the Peace nearly twenty years, Assessor, Highway Commissioner, School Director, President Homer Mutual Insurance Co. Married first wife, Annie Edmonds, of Delaware Co., N. Y., in October, 1831 ; she died October 14, 1837 ; they had one child -Joseph E., born October, 1833. He married second wife, Jane Weaver, in Homer Township, Aug. 29, 1838; she 1
was born Jan. 20, 1807; they had five children, one living-Sterling A., born Jan. 21, 1848; four dead-William Harrison, Harrison and two who died at birth.
JOSEPH E. BROOKS, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1833; he lived there until he was 4 years of age, and then came with his mother, in 1837, to this eounty, and after the death of his mother in October of same year, he went to live with Holder Sisson until spring of 1838, when he lived with Wm. Frazer up to August, from which time until he was 21 he remained with his father, Alonzo; in 1867, he moved to the farm upon which he now resides. In 1869, he went to Cass Co., Mo., remaining four years, and then returned to this township, and has lived since on his farm. Has been School Director. Married Eunice Z. Coon, of Mokena, Will Co., Nov. 28, 1855; she was born Jan. 25, 1834; have three children-Louis D., born Oct. 5, 1856; William H., born Dec. 18, 1858, and Annis I., born Aug. 13, 1862.
JOHN BRINCKERHOFF, far., See. 31; P. O. Lockport; was born in Water- vliet, N. Y., May 15, 1836 ; he moved to this county with his parents in 1838, and worked upon the farm until the age of 22 ; in 1860, he crossed the plains to Pike's Peak, returning the same fall; in 1866, he went to Chicago and earried on the grocery business two years; he returned to this township; in 1869, he purchased from his father the homestead upon which he now resides, containing 160 acres. Has been School Director three terms, and is such at present. He married Rebecca Brecken- ridge, of Canada in New Lenox Township, Aug. 19, 1858; she was born in Canada Dec. 7, 1839; they have six children- Clarence Eugene, born Nov. 9, 1859; George Erwin, March 8, 1862; Martin Schuyler, Jan. 29, 1866 ; John Jerome, Jan. 18, 1869; Howard Horace, Aug. 19, 1872, and Gertrude Rebecca, Oct. 14, 1875.
MARTIN B. BRINCKERHOFF, re- tired farmer, Sec. 31 ; P. O. Lockport; was born in Albany, N. Y., July 11, 1806 ; he attended school to the age of 14, when his father sent him to the country to learn farming, receiving only his board; at the age of 20, he worked his own farm in Albany Co., and remained on it up to
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1837 ; he came West in 1838 and settled on farm Sec. 31, and continued such up to 1869, when his son purchased the farm, with whom he has since resided. Has been School Director and Road Commis- sioner. He married Eliza Van Duser, of Madison Co., N. Y., in . Montgomery Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 1827 ; she was born in Madison Co., N. Y., in 1808, and died in Homer Tp., Jan. 4, 1873; they had seven children, three living-Gertrude (now Mrs. Mellen), born April 5, 1829; John, born May 15, 1836; Mary (now Mrs. Harris), Feb. 4, 1834, and four dead -John, dicd Feb. 5, 1832; James, March 7, 1833 ; Martin, died at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 8, 1863, from disease contracted in the army, and Emma Cecilia, in Septem- ber, 1870.
A. C. CUTLER, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Hadley ; was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1827 ; he lived there until he was 7 or 8 years of age, when he moved with his parents to Erie Co., Ohio, and from there to Huron Co., Ohio ; at the age of 13, he followed the life of a sailor upon the lakes; in the fall of 1844, he came with his parents to Illinois, traveling most of the way by team; for some years he drove stage for Fink & Walker, of Chicago; he also freighted through this Western country, and afterward went to Chicago and was engaged in the manufacture of shingles and also connected with the Police Depart- ment for eight years ; in 1865, he crossed the plains to Colorado, mining and pro- specting, and again in 1866; he came to this county in 1869, and first settled on Sec. 36, and moved from there to Hadley P. O., being its Postmaster for three years ; in 1873, he came to his present farm of 105 acres. He married Miss Elizabeth Glines, of Homer Tp., Sept. 6, 1870; she was born in Feb., 1864; they have two children-Clinton E. B., born July 3, 1871, and Ida Lucy, Feb. 5, 1875.
LEROY CORWIN, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in West Lockport May 15, 1851 ; he came with his parents to this township when he was about 3 years old ; he remained with his parents, engaged on the farm until he was 15 years of age, from which time he lias worked his own way through life ; he now works the farm of H. McGregor. He married Miss Hannah Adams, of Indi-
diana, in Richland Co., Wis., Sept. 5, 1875 ; she was born Feb. 11, 1855.
FREDERIC COLLINS, farmer, Scc. 21; P. O. Lockport; was born in Berk- shire, Tioga Co., N. Y., June 29, 1812 ; he was engaged in farming with his parents. until the year 1833, when he came to this county and first settled on Secs. 27 and 28, and obtained a pre-emption upon the land, where he resided forty-one years, and in the winter of 1874, moved to where he now resides; Mr. Collins was among the first settlers, when a fence was a novelty and the red men were their neighbors. He married Miss Nancy Mason White, daugh- ter of Jonah White, of Spencer, Mass., in Lockport Tp., March 13, 1839; she was born in Skaneateles, N. Y., July 23, 1814 ; they had four children, three living- Ho- ratio, born Feb. 3, 1840 ; Adeline Eliza (now Mrs. Hatch), born Sept. 19, 1841, and Ellen Samantha (now Mrs. Bird, of Mich- igan), born Aug. 13, 1850, and Emma Adella, born Sept. 5, 1856, and died July 26, 1857. Mr. Collins has passed through the many struggles and incidents and dangers so common to the pioneer of the Great West, and is to-day hardy and robust at the ripe old age of 66.
NATHAN CORWIN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Lockport ; was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., March 15, 1810; he lived there, engaged in farming, up to the time he was 24 years of age, when he came West, and first moved to Wayne Co., Mich., and was engaged in clearing up timber land; two years afterward, he moved to La Grange Co., Ind., where he remained thirteen years ; he came to this county in 1848, and first lived in Plainfield two years, and then in Lockport Tp. three years, farming, and in Lockport three years, keeping hotel ; in 1855, he came to this township, where he has since resided ; has been Poor Mas- ter and School Director. Married his first wife, Sophia Jewell, of Arcadia, Wayne Co., N. Y., June 30, 1831; she died Jan. 26, 1843; they had five children-Melissa, Mary U., Horace T., Henry E. and Lydia. He married his second wife, Eliza Ann Cole, of Wayne Co., N. Y., in 1848; they had seven children-David R., Austin, Leroy, De Witt C., Alice, Edward L. and William F.
H. T. CORWIN, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Lockport; was born in Lima, La
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Grange Co., Ind., Aug. 4, 1836; he moved to this eounty with his parents in 1855, and lived with them until the age of 21 ; in 1874, he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, now containing sev- enty aeres. He has been Sehool Director three years. He married Miss Helen C. Reed (daughter of George Reed) in Homer Tp., Jan. 31, 1867; she was born in Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, 1845 ; they have two children -Elmer R., born Fcb. 20, 1867, and Myrtie J., born June 10, 1877. Mr. Corwin served three years as Sergeant of Co. G, 39th Ill. Inf., and was wounded at Bermuda Hundred in 1864, and served the balanee of his enlistment in Marine Hospital in Chicago.
REV. SAMUEL COWELL, Episeo- pal elergyman, Loekport; was born in Providenee, R. I., July 3, 1820; at the age of 20, he graduated at Brown Univer- sity ; he then studied law one year with his father, the Hon. Benj. Cowell, Chief Justice of Court of Common Pleas of Rhode Island; in 1844, he was ordained as an Episcopal Minister; he first preached in Western Pennsylvania for seven years ; in 1854, he moved to Saeo, Mainc, and was Pastor of Trinity Church four years ; in June, 1858, he came to Loekport, and was Pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church four years and Chaplain of State Penitentiary four years under the appointment of Gov. Bis- sell ; although compelled by ill health to retire from the ministry, Mr. Cowell has been engaged upon missionary work, and laid the corner-stones of two ehurehes at Loekport and New Lenox, in this county ; he now resides on his farm, about one and one-half miles from Loekport. Married Margaret Marshall in Washing- ton, Penn., Oet. 4, 1852 ; she was born in Washington, Penn., Oet. 27, 1829 ; they had five children, four of whom are liv- ing.
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BENJAMIN M. DANCER (de- ceased), farmer, Sec. 25; was born in the State of New York, Dee. 24, 1809; when he eame West, first settled in Chiea- go, remaining there about two years ; his parents coming West, they all went to Kankakee Co., Ill., where his mother died, when he first eame to this county he lived near Hadley P. O .; in 1843, he settled upon the farm his widow now resides on,
and lived there until his death, Jan. 4, 1864. Had been Supervisor. Married Miss Emily Simmons (daughter of Thomas Simmons, one of the early pioneers of this county, having come here in 1833, from Dunkirk, N. Y.) in Joliet, Oct. 30, 1843 ; she was born May 3, 1823; they had eight children-John and William (twins), born Nov. 12, 1844, Mariah, March 7, 1846 ; Mary, born Mareh 22, 1851, died March 21, 1864 ; Emma, born May 16, 1853 ; Benjamin F., born Feb. 22, 1857, died November of the same year ; Alice R., born Aug. 12, 1859, died March 16, 1860; George, born Dee. 30, 1861, died July 14, 1877.
PATRICK DUNN, farmer, See. 22; P. O. Loekport ; was born in the parish of Laighlin Bridge, Carroll Co., Ireland, Mareh 17, 1825, and lived there until he was 25, years of age when he emigrated to America, and first lived in Salem Co. Mo., one year ; he then crossed the plains to California, and remained six years, eom- ing to this county where he has resided ever sinee ; he purchased his present farm in 1861, now containing 150 aeres. He enlisted as a private in Co. F, 100th Ill. Inf., Aug. 10, 1862, and served to the close of the war in 1865. He married Miss Johanna Dugen in Loekport, Mareh 6, 1869 ; she was born in Tipperary, Ire- land, in 1839, and eame to. America in 1858 ; they have two children-William, born Feb. 1, 1870, and Mary, born Nov. 13, 1871.
PETER DICK, farmer, See. 15; P. O. Loekport; was born in Rheinboyer, Germany, May 19, 1821; he came to America with his father in 1845, who set- tled in Williams Co., Ohio, and lived there thirteen years ; in 1858, he eame to this county, and lived in Lockport Tp. five years, when he purchased and moved upon the farm he now resides on, containing eighty aeres. He married Miss Barbara Saltsgiver Feb. 6, 1847, in Williams Co., Ohio, Dce. 25, 1828; they had nine children-George E., born Nov. 23, 1847; Liddy C., born Nov. 5, 1849 ; John W., Aug. 28, 1851; Lewis L., June 8, 1853 ; Theodore R., Feb. 6, 1855 ; Michael A., Jan. 23, 1858 ; William H., Feb. 24, 1862, died March 15, 1863 ; Mertie, June 15, 1864, and Bertie, July 26. 1866-both the latter dying at birth.
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GEORGE DAMM, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Lockport ; was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, Feb. 8, 1828; came to America in in 1847, with his parents, who settled on the Du Page Co., Ill., and lived with them until lie was 27 years old ; in 1865, he came to this county and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides, containing 160 acres. Has been Road Master. Mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Ott in Du Page Co., Ill., May 8, 1855 ; she was born in Central Square, N. Y .; they had seven children -- Laura Mariah and Francis Ellen (twins), born April 4, 1857 ; Frank Stephen, Jan. 18, 1860; Edward Valentine, May 27, 1862 ; Albert Casper, Aug. 27, 1866, and died Jan. 10, 1874 ; Barney Joseph, Nov. 30, 1871, died April 17, 1872, and Mary Sophronia, April 6, 1873.
JAMES D. FRAZER, farmer; P. O. Lockport ; was born in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, 1821 ; he was one of nine children ; his mother was of Dutch and his father of Scotch extraction ; his great grandfather was frozen to death on the Green Mountains, Vt .; his parents being poor, the subject of this sketch was thrown upon his own resources early in life, work- ing upon a farm until 19 years of age, from which time up to the age of 27 he was employed in collecting and driving stock from Ohio, Pennsylvania and Western New York to Boston; on June 8, 1849, he came West and purchased a farm in this township, now owned and occupied by Harmon V., one of his brothers; in 1852, he crossed the plains to California, remaining there nineteen months mining at Yreka; he returned to this county in April, 1854, and has been engaged in farming ever since; in 1854, was elected Highway Commissioner, and in 1861, was elected Supervisor of the town, and having in that year offered a resolution before the Board of Supervisors instructing the County Treasurer to receive the county taxes in " greenbacks" has been called and known as the " Veteran Green- backer;" in 1865, he was elected Assessor, and in 1874, was again elected Supervisor, beingre-elected in 1878 to the same posi- tion ; he has always taken an active part in politics, and in whatever would advance the interests of his county has always taken a prominent part ; he was a Delegate to the convention of 1856, which organized
the Republican party. He married Mary F. Lane (daughter of John Lane, the inventor of the first steel plow), in Lock- port in this county, April 12, 1857; she was born in Pittsford, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1830; they have three children-John D., born March 29, 1858; Mattie J., Jan. 16, 1863, and Mary F., Feb. 16, 1867.
SAMUEL GOTTS (deceased), farmer; was born in Norfolk, Eng., Jan. 19, 1819 ; he came to America at the age of 14; he first settled in the State of New York, and afterward in Canada; he came to this county in 1852, and lived liere up to the time of his decease, May 2, 1878; he came to his present farm in the spring of 1855, where his widow now resides, con- taining eighty acres. He married Mrs. Hannah Luthier in Joliet Aug. 15, 1850; she was born in Franklin Co., Mass., April 18, 1827; she has six children-Lydia Luther (by first husband), born Aug. 23, 1848; by second husband-Isabella, born Feb. 9, 1856 ; Sarah, born Dec. 5, 1858; Alonzo, born Jan. 9, 1863; William, born. Nov. 13, 1868, and Charles, born June 17, 1872.
JOHN HALEY, farmer, Sec. 35; P. O. Hadley ; was born in Waldec, Prussia, Germany, April 2, 1822; he lived there until he was 25 years of age, when he came to America in July, 1847, and settled first in Wayne Co., N. Y., living there six and a half years, blacksmithing; moved from there to Prince Edward Co., Can., working at the same trade; in the spring of 1860, he came to Will Co., and settled where he now resides; farms 250 acres. Has been Highway Commissioner six years and School Director many years. He married Miss Elizabeth Kunzen, of Prussia, in Alliance, Wayne Co., N. Y., in July, 1847; she was born Oct. 21, 1823; they have eight children-John, born May 14, 1848; George L., born Jan. 7, 1850; Carrie, born Nov. 3, 1852; William H., born Nov. 17, 1854; Charles F., born. Sept. 26, 1857 ; Alexander, born Oct. 3, 1860 ; Frank, born Dec. 18, 1864, and Emma, born June 16, 1868.
CHARLES HALEY, blacksmith, Had- ley; was born in Waldec, Prussia, Ger- many, Jan. 21, 1836; he was engaged in learning the trade of blacksmith from the age of 15 up to 18, when ' he came to.
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Canada with his mother in 1854, living there up to 1874, carrying on the trade of blacksmith, and from there hc came to Hadley Postoffice, in this township, carry- ing on a blacksmith shop, and is now also Postmaster. He married Miss Aldura Lawson, of Prince Edward Co., Upper Canada, May 5, 1863; she was born April 13, 1842; they have four children-Manly B., born June 20, 1864; John C., born April 7, 1867; Adolph, born Dec. 13, 1870, and Carrie, born Oct. 10, 1872.
PETER HOMEDING, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in Prus- sia, Germany, Sept. 18, 1829; he lived therc until he was 23 years old, farming ; in 1852, he came to America, and came to Will Co., and has lived here ever since; in 1864, he purchased the farm upon which he lives, containing sixty-four acres. Mar- ried Miss Susan Miller, of Prussia, in Joliet, Nov. 28, 1858; she was born Feb. 2, 1824 ; had five children-Katie, born Sept. 15, 1858; Maggie, born April 16, 1860; Matt, born May 10, 1861; Nicho- las, born in 1864, died in 1865, and Peter. born March 24, 1866.
LEVI HARTWELL, farmer, Scc. 20; P. O. Lockport; was born in Hadley, Mass., Dec. 10, 1817 ; at the age of 11, he was thrown upon his own resources ; at the age of 12, he learned the trade of black- smithing with John Lane, and served an apprenticeship of seven years-three years in New York State and four years in Illi- nois, having come to this county in 1833 with Mr. Lane; he also worked for John P. Manny one year, and in Galena about a year; returning to this township in 1838, he again worked for John Lanc up to 1842, when he settled upon the farm upon which he now resides, making all the im- provements on thirty acres, at the same time carrying on the manufacture of steel plows up to 1862, since which time he has devoted himself to his farm, now contain- ing 110 acres. Has held the office of Constable and Path Master seven or eight terms ; Town Commissioner thirteen years ; School Director twelve years ; Supervisor two years and Poor Master one year. He married his first wife, Miss Louisa Poor, in Homer Tp., Nov. 3, 1842 ; she was born in Indiana, Sept. 11, 1823, and died Oct. 26, 1867 ; they had five children, onc only living-Samuel, born June 27, 1856, and
four dead-William E., first, died Jan. 12, 1846; William E., second, dicd at East- port, Miss., May 5, 1865, of disease con- tracted in the army ; Charles died Feb. 14, 1869, and Levi died May 20, 1873. He married his second wife, Miss Emma Trask, of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in Chicago, April 22, 1868; she was born Nov. 10, 1847.
A. A. INGERSOLL, farmer, Scc. 9 ; P. O. Lockport; was born in Plainfield, Will Co., Ill., Nov. 20, 1839 ; he has always been a resident of this county. His mother came with her parents from Syra- cuse, N. Y., in Oct., 1833, and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides, and died there. The subject of this sketch lived with them up to the year 1862 ; he then enlisted in Co. G, 100th Regt. I. V. I., serving three months, when he was transferred to the Pioneer Corps of the Army of the Cumberland ; remained in such from Nov. 27, 1862, to Oct. 8, 1863, and then was transferred to the First U. S. Vet. V. Engineers until mustered out, July 2, 1865. Has been Town Clerk, and is now Justice of the Peace. He married Miss Fanny M. Myrick, of Orland, Cook Co., March 28, 1866 ; she was born Sept. 19, 1847; they had three children, two living-Annie A., born Oct. 15, 1867, and Walter Judson, born March 19, 1869, and one dead-Florence B., born Aug. 1, 1874, and dicd April 20, 1877. His grand- parents, Benjamin and Phœbe, came to this county in October, 1833, and were among the first settlers in the county, there. being but very few families, and as the pioneers of this county, they and their families passed through the many dangers and hardships only to be found in a new country. In 1847, his grandfather, Chcs- ter Ingersoll, crossed the plains to Cali- fornia, and was the first white inan that built a house in San Francisco. Benjamin Weaver died March 2, 1870, and Phœbe died Nov. 15, 1859, and lie buried in Brooks' burying-ground, on Sec. 10, near the homestead.
JOHN JUNGEL, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Gooding's Grove ; was born in Luxem- burg, Germany, May 8, 1829; he lived there until he was 23 years of age, engaged in farming, when he came to America (1852), and settled in Du Page Co., living there three years ; in 1855, he came to this.
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county and settled where he now resides ; farms 200 acres. He married Miss Mary Ann Wagner, of Rhenish Prussia, Germany, Dec. 31, 1856; she was born Nov. 15, 1836; they have ten children - Peter, born Dec. 14, 1856: Mary K., Sept. 4, 1858; Susie, March 8, 1860 ; Katie, Feb. 25, 1862; Nicholas, May 1, 1864 ; Maggie. April 5, 1866 ; Johnnie, April 13, 1868; Lizzie, April 19, 1870 ; Barney, Aug. 25, 1872, and Annie, May 28, 1875.
SETH B. JONES, deceased, farmer, Sec. 11 ; was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 31, 1828 ; his parents moved to On- tario Co., N. Y., when he was a child, where he remained until he was 27 years of age, engaged in farming ; in 1855, he moved West and settled in Kankakee Co., Ill., where he lived until his coming to this county in 1865, and settled upon the farm containing 110 acres, upon which his widow now resides, and where he lived until his -decease, Nov. 20, 1875. Had been School Trustee. Married Miss Julia E. Codding, of Bristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., Nov. 28, 1850; she was born in Bristol, N. Y., March 3, 1831 ; they had five children- Elliott E., born Sept. 20, 1853; Arthur, born March 30, 1857; Annette O., born Dec. 3, 1858, and died Feb. 17, 1861; Theresa L., born Oct. 17, 1860, and Marcia C., born Aug. 22, 1862, and died May 3, 1876.
W. H. LANFEAR, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Lockport ; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1830; he moved with his parents to this township, when he was 5 years of age, and was en- gaged with them in farming until the age of 21; his father died June 23, 1871; his mother still lives, at the ripe old age of 82. The subject of this sketch purchased the farm, upon which he now lives, in 1852, having made all the improvements and set out all the trees upon it, contain- ing at present 200 acres. He was Town Commissioner in 1875, 1876 and 1877 ; also School Director six years. He mar- ried Miss Emily M. Savage, daughter of Levi Savage, of this township, Feb. 25, 1852; she was born in Granville, Wash- ington Co., N. Y., July 24, 1830; they had seven children, three living-Mary Ann, born Dec. 16, 1852; Albert H., Oct. .31, 1865, and Nettie E., Dec. 26, 1867,
and four deceased-Asa W., born Nov. 8, 1854, died March 22, 1871 ; Ida M., born Aug. 2, 1856, died Jan. 6, 1860 ; Charley E., born Nov. 3, 1872, died July 24, 1873, and Willie H., died Sept. 1874 ; the last two being twins.
J. S. LANFEAR, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 29 ; P. O. Lockport ; was born in Homer Tp., July 25, 1837, in the homestead where his parents had resided since 1835, and where his father died June 23, 1871; Mr. Lanfear has farmed the same since he was old enough to do so, and lives on the same place at present, now containing 150 acres. He has held the office of Town Clerk six years, and School Director seven years, which position he still holds. He married Miss Amelia Hill, a daughter of Isaac F. Hill, of Madison Co., N. Y., in Homer Tp., Sept. 1, 1857; she was born in Oneida Tp., Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 1, 1834 ; they have one child -De Etta, born March 20, 1852.
RICHARD S. McLAUGHRY, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Lockport; was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Feb. 13, 1822; he lived there until he was 12 years of age. when he came West with his parents, who first settled in Paddock's Settlement, in Cook Co., where his parents died ; in 1850, he crossed the plains to California, prospecting and mining one year, when he returned to Cook Co .; in 1860, he lived upon his farm near Gooding's Grove. In the fall of 1862, he enlisted in Co. F, 100th Ill. V. I., and was elected as Captain of the same company, serving up to 1864 ; he was wounded at Mission Ridge, Georgia. He married his first wife, Mary Fitzsim- mons, in Cook Co., Ill., Oct. 10, 1844 ; she died Dec. 8, 1845; they had one child -Thomas J., born Dec. 8, 1845, died in Andersonville prison, Georgia, in 1864 ; he married his second wife, Jane Petty- john, in Cook Co., in 1847; she died in April, 1853 ; they had two children- William L., born in June, 1848, and Han- nalı M., born Sept. 21, 1850, died Oct. 20, 1869 ; married his present wife, Eliza- beth Benton, of Geauga Co., Ohio, Jan. 3, 1854; they have seven children-Richard M., born Nov. 23, 1853 ; Helen E., Jan. 17, 1858; Alice G., Feb. 26, 1860 ; Jessie P., Nov. 19, 1862 ; Herman T., July 15, 1865 ; Bernice, Jan. 28, 1868, and Flor- ence M., July 10, 1870.
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