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WILSON JAMES, proprietor Wilson's European Hotel, 4th street, between Hampshire and Vermont; was born in County Donegal, Ireland, 1812. He served as valet to a nobleman for several years, and came to the United States, 1840. He married Emma McDonald in 1850. She was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1801. She married a Mr. Hutchins in 1817, in the city of London. He was a lawyer by profession. He died in 1832, leaving seven children, whom she also lost by the cholera, in Montreal, Canada, the same year. They opened the Wilson House, on the European plan, in 1869, which is con- ducted as a first-class house on that plan, equal to any west of Chicago or in that city. Prices reasonable. He is a Democrat.
Wilson Mrs. Jane, widow, Vine, e of 4th.
Wilson Mrs. Sarah, E. cor. 5th and State.
Wilson Thomas, boarding house, 606 Maine.
Winans Mrs. Johanna, 403 Vermont.
Winchester Mrs. C. P. 61 8. 6th. Windau Henry, laborer, 832 Payson ave. Wingert Geo. machinist, 192 N. 8th.
Winget J. P. groceries, etc., Hampshire, e of 20th.
Winget W. C. carpenter, Hampshire, w of 20th.
Winkeljohann Aug. grocer, etc., cor. 12th and Vine. Winkelman Frank, carpenter, 903 Kentucky.
Winkelmau Mrs. Wm. cor. 9th and Kentucky.
Winking Bernard, cooper, 1103 Oak. Winking Mrs. C. 1034 Hampshire.
Winking Henry B. laborer, 10th, s of Cedar. Winking John, groceries, etc., cor. 11th and Vine.
WINTER CAPT. JOHN E., Milwaukee saloon, No. 27 North 6th street; born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 19. 1836; came to the United States, June 1, 1832, and located in New York; went to St. Louis, Mo., 1853. He followed steamboating on the Mississippi river and tributaries, as clerk, pilot and captain, until the breaking out of the rebellion, 1861. His boat was stopped at Memphis, April, 1861, and the crew and officers taken up to swear allc- giance to the Confederate flag. Captain Winter happened to be asleep in his room, after his watch, and was overlooked, until the return of the vigilance committee, when they ordered him to get up and take the oath to sustain the Rebel flag. He told them he knew no flag but the Stars and Stripes, and with a revolver in his hand, he drove the committee off his boat. They then went for reinforcements, and did bring a whole company of armed soldiers, to bring him up dead or alive. There was another boat going up the river, and, at the earnest re-
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quest of the captain, he went aboard, and was landed at a point fifteen miles up, on the opposite side of the river from Memphis. He was guided by a colored man to Bird's Point, opposite Cairo, and from there he went to St. Louis, to find General Frank P. Blair and several Union men barricaded in Turner Hall, whom he immediately jomed, and enrolled in the first Union military com- pany organized in St. Louis, Co. A., 1st Mo. Inf. (Colonel, F. P. Blair). He was present at the capture of Camp Jackson, St. Louis, battles of Booneville, Mo, Duck Springs and Wilson's Creek, where his regiment lost 130 killed and 410 wounded, himself included, receiving nine buckshot in his body. He came back to St. Louis with his regiment, which was re-organized as the 1st Mo. Light Artillery. He was transferred to the navy, with the rank of First Master and Pilot; was present at the organization of the Mississippi Squad- ron, at Cairo, and took command of the propeller Laural; was at the battles of Ft. Henry, and towed the gun-boat Essex out of range of rebel guns, after she was disabled, and towed her to Mound City; was at the reconnoissance of Columbus, Ky., 1861-62; also at the siege of Island No. 10 and Ft. Pillow. His propeller caught fire there and rendered unserviceable; after refitting her, he took part in the naval fight at Memphis, where they captured three rebel gun-boats and destroyed four. He went with the fleet to Helena, Ark., then up White river, where the United States steamer Mound City, Captain Ketty, was exploded by a rebel shot and the Captain wounded. He went with Captain Welke's expedition to Yazoo river, 1862, and remained there until the fall of Vicksburg; was at the capture of Arkansas Post; was soon after transferred to the gun- boat Tyler, in which he was engaged in a continuous gurerilla warfare with bush whackers, keeping communications open. He was mustered out at Mound City, 1865; returned to St. Louis and assumed his old avocation of steamboating. IIe married Liz- zetta Thomas in Quincy, Feb. 22, 1866. and located in Quincy, 1873; was first clerk at the Tremont House one and one-half years ; has been in business since 1875. His chil- dren are: Jennette, Willie, Albert and Edith. He is a Republican.
Winter Wm. stone quarry, 805 Ohio. Winters James W. painter, Oak, e of 22d.
Winters S. molder, cor 11th and Washington. Wirmer Bernard, tinner, Chestnut bet. 6th and 7th. Wirth Gottlieb, stone cutter, 728 State. Wise Christ, salesman, cor. 14th and State. Wisner Ira S. family medicines, 22 N. 3d. Wissing Theodorc. cooper, 626 Walnut alley. Wissing William, porter, 525 Kentucky.
WISSMANN GUST, livery and sale stable, 1039 Main street; residence same; born in Prussia in 1849; came to the United States in 1854, and located in Quincy with his mother. He first opened a feed store; in 1875 he went into the livery busi- ness, and in '76 opened a saloon in connec- tion with his other business, corner of 11th and Maine streets. Deals in horses and live- stock generally. He is an active, energetic, enterprising business man.
Wissman Reinbold, blacksmith, 1242 Hampshire. Wittland Casper, laborer, 809 Madison. Wittland Fred, cooper, 1001 Adams.
Wittland H. H. engineer, 1008 Payson ave. Wittland Wm. grave-digger, 508 Monroe.
Wittler Henry, laborer, cor. 10th and Ohio.
Wolcott George, civil engineer, cor. 24th and Hamp- shire.
WOLF FRED, meat markets, 627 Hampshire street, and York and 7th streets; residence Sth street, between Maine and Hampshire; born in Germany in 1851; came. to the United States in 1871, and located in Quincy, where he went into business, and has two prosperous markets located as above. He is a Democrat. He is Secretary of the Butchers' Society, and a member of several societies and sodalities, including St. Jo- seph's Young Men's Benevolent Society, and St. Nicholas' Benevolent Association. He is a young man of good business capacity.
Wolf Philip, barber, 1111 Vermont.
Wolf Mrs. Ricka, widow, Jefferson e of 9th.
Wolfe Jacob, laborer, 32 N. 14th. Wolfmeier Hattie, domestic, 411 Elm. Wolleber Mrs. Lucinda, 5th s of OLio.
WOLLETT FRED, grocery, northeast corner 10th and Chestnut streets; residence same; born in Prussia in 1832; came to the United States in 1846, and lo- cated at Galveston, Texas; and in Quincy in 1851; married Mary A. Pollay in 1855. Their two children were: Francisco and Sarah. She died in 1860. He married Mary Battan in 1861. John, Sophia and Mary were the fruits of this marriage. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P., Druids, and Haragari Societies. Ile is still a mem
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ber of the I. O. O. F., and K. of P. Has been in business since 1862.
Waltermann Wm. chair maker, cor. 7th and Spring.
WOLTMANN HENRY, grocer, northeast corner 10th and Oak streets; resi- dence same; born in Germany in 1816; came to the United States in 1848, and loca- ted in St. Louis; came to Quincy in 1854. He married Elizabeth Middendorf in 1850. She was born in Germany in 1828. Have seven children: Henry, John, Elizabeth, Bernadina, Herman, Caroline and Frank. Are members of the Catholic church. He was a shoemaker, and followed the business until 1868, when he went into the grocery business, and has been in it ever since.
WOOD JOHN, was born in Moravia, Cayuga county, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1798. He was the second child and only son of Dr. Daniel Wood and Catherine (Crouse) Wood. His mother died when he was but five years of age. His father, a Surgeon and Captain during the Revolutionary war, was a man of unusual attainments as a scholar and linguist. He died at the ripe age of ninety-two, and is buried in Woodland Cemetery at Quincy,- probably being the only Revolutionary Sol- dier whose remains rest in Illinois soil.
John Wood left his home for the West, Nov. 2, 1818, with the half-formed intention of settling in the Tennessee valley of Northern Alabama. He passed the following winter in Cincinnati, came to Shawneetown, Illinois, in the summer of 1819, and spent the suc- ceeding winter in Calhoun (then part of Madison) county. In March, 1820, in com- pany with Willard Keyes, he located in Pike county, thirty miles southeast of Quincy, and " farmed it " for over two years.
In 1821 he visited the present site of Quincy -- then uninhabited-and pleased with its pros- peets, soon after purchased a quarter section of land near by, and in the following fall (1822) erected near theriver a small cabin, 18 by 20 feet-the first building in Quincy-of which he then became the first and for some months the only occupant.
In 1824 he gave a newspaper notice, as the law then prescribed, of his intention to apply to the General Assembly for the formation of a new county. This was done the following winter, resulting in the establishment of the present Adams county. During the next summer Quiney was selected as the County
Seat-it then containing but four adult male residents, and half that number of females. .
Since that period Mr. Wood has continuous- ly resided in the home of his early adoption -where he has been necessarily and promi- nently identified with every measure of its progress and history-and almost constantly kept in public positions.
He was one of the early Town Trustees; has been often a member of the City Council ; many times elected Mayor ; in 1850 was eleet- ed to the State Senate; in 1856 was chosen Lieutenant Governor, and on the death of Governor Bissell in 1859, succeeded to the Chief Executive chair; was one of the five delegates from Illinois in Feb., 1861, to the Peace Convention at Washington; and on the breaking out of the Rebellion was ap- pointed Quarter-Master General of the State, -which position he held throughout the war. In 1864 he took command, as Colonel, of the 137th Regt. Ill. Inf., with which he served until the period of enlistment expired.
Gov. Wood has been twice married; first in January, 1826, to Miss Ann M. Streeter, daughter of Joshua Streeter, formerly of Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. They had eight children, four of whom are now living: Ann E., wife of John Tillson; Daniel C., married to Mary J. Abernethy ; John Jr., married to Josephine Skinner, and Joshua S., married to Annie Bradley.
Mrs .. Wood died on the 8th of October, 1863, and in June, 1865, Gov. Wood married Mrs. Mary A. Holmes, widow of Rev. Joseph T. Holmes.
Gov. Wood still lives, at the age of 78, on the site of his old wilderness home-the pio- neer settler of his city and county, and the only now living man who was resident when the city and county were formed. Politically, he has always been actively identified with the Whig, and since its disbandment with the Republican party.
Few men have, in personal experience, comprehended so many surprising and ad- vaneing local changes as vest in the more than half-century recollections of Governor Wood. Fifty-four years ago a solitary set- tler, having no neighbor within a score' of miles, the world of civilization away behind him, and the strolling Indian almost his only visitant, he has lived to see growing around him, and under his auspices and aid, over-
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spreading the vanished wild grass and forest, a teeming city, second in size to but one in the State, and surpassed nowhere in beauty, prosperity, and promise; whose people rec- ognize, as with a single voice, the proverbial honor and liberality that attach to the name and lengthened life of their PIONEER SETTLER -" The Old Governor."
Womelsdorf Christ. cooper, 6th s of Maine. Womelsdorf Louis. miller, 5th e of Ohio. Wonning Ernst. carpenter, 916 Payson ave. Wood Geo. W. hats, caps. etc., 1477 Maine. Wood John, Jr., trav. salesman, 142 N. 6th. Wood John W. 146 N. Sth.
Wood Joshna S. 329 Jersey.
WOOD RODMAN R .. grain and commission merchant, corner 12th and Broadway streets: residence. 3d and Spring streets: was born in Bucks county. Pa .. in 1817; located in Quincy in 1848. He mar- ried Elizabeth Lee in 1845. She was born in Wilmington, Del .. May 11, 1829. Have seven children: William S., Leonora J., Julia A., Joshua, Era, Viola, and Emma. Are Methodists. He has been in the grain and commission business since 1853, except a short time in the army, Co. F, 16th Ill. Vol., in 1861, and remained until discharged for disability. He is a cooper by trade.
Wood Samnel. salesman, 521 Washington. Wood Wm. W. 306 N. 6th.
Woodbull John, engineer. 27 S. Sth.
Woolms Mrs. Mary, widow, cor. 2d and Elm.
Woodruff F. T. farmer, cor. 2d and Maine.
Woodruff James, 823 Broadway.
Woodruff Joseph M. cor. 6th and Locust. Woodruff L. M. minister. 96 N. 7th.
Woodruff T. D. music store. 1S .N. 4th.
Woodrufi Thos. T. Maine e of 14th. Woods Mrs. M. M. D., Spruce e of 6th.
Woods Samnel, att'y at law. Chestnut e of 4th.
Woodworth Nelson, laborer. cor. 22d and Vibe. Wooters, Edward R. carpenter, 1027 Vermont. Worth Christian, molder, 613 Monroe. Worth John C. salesman, 229 State. Wortman Fred. laborer, Monroe n of 14th.
Wray Latte, brick mason, 1255 Hampshire. Wray Mrs. L. A. widow, Elm w of 10th. Wright James N. machinist, cor. 7th and Vine. Wright M. W. 95 N. 12th. Wright Mrs. Rachel, Oak w of 22d.
Wulfmeyer H. stone mason, Jefferson w of 7th. Wulfmeyer Herman, laborer. 527 Adams. Wulfmeyer Henry. tailor, 212 and 214 York.
WURST CHRISTIAN G., stove and tin store, corner of 7th and State streets; residence, South 164 7th street; was born near Heilbrunn am Neckar, Wurtenbery, Oct. 19, 1834; emigrated to America via
New York City, Jan. 1, 1854, remaining one year; going from there to Oquawka, re- maining sixteen months; then came to Quincy, Ill., in November, 1856, following his trade; after a short stay went to Pal- myra, Mo., remaining there two years; then took a pleasure trip, and located at Mendon, Ill., in August, 1859, where he opened a tin shop, remaining seven years; then returned to Quincy, opening present large store; married Miss Kate Wolf at Quincy, April 2, 1861. She was born in Prussia, Germany, March 5, 1838, and emigrated to America via New Orleans, in 1855, going direct to Quincy. Five children: Augusta, born March 23, 1862: Emelia. Feb. 12, 1864; Henry. April, 1865: Albert, July 3, 1869; and Flora, Oct. 30, 1875. Is a member of the General Benevolent Association of Quincy. Methodist.
WURTZ BART C., barber, No. 40 Front street : born in Baden, Germany, in 1849; came to the United States in 1853, and located in Quincy: married Mollie Hilde- brand in 1873. She was born in Adams county. They have three children: Ella, Johnnie, and Joseph. He is a member of the Barber's Society. Has been in business in this city since 1871.
WURTZ FRANK J., saloon, 325 Hampshire street ; residence, same. He was born in Germany in 1842: came to the United States in 1850, and located in St. Louis: moved to Quincy in 1854. He mar- ried Sarah J. Buck in 1865. She was born in Springfield, Ill., in 1844; one child, Robert, is the fruit of their marriage. He is independent in politics and religion. His trade was that of a barber, which he followed for twenty-two years in Quincy. Established his saloon in 1877. He is a man of good business qualities.
Wyatt Barney. laborer. 9th n of Chestnut Wyckoff Chas. S. 1245 Vermont.
Wynne Patrick, laborer, 448 N. 5th.
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Yaekle Philip, hackster. south end Front. Yeager Mrs. Harriet, 920 Oak. Yeager Jerome, 1217 Hampshire.
Yelzing Anton, carpenter, 1022 Spring.
Ynchs Michael, cooper, 2d s of Vermont.
Yocum John J. farmer, cor. 22d and Broadway.
Yochumsen Geo. engineer, 192 s 3d.
Young A. D. carpenter, cor. 12th and Ohio.
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Young Elijah D. painter, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young Jacob, laborer, 724 Ohio. Young John, laborer, Vine e of 20th. Young John B. painter, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young Marion, laborer, 222 S. 3d.
Young Mrs. Martha, 4th s of Washington. Young Mrs. Mary, cor. 3d and Vermont. Young N. W. farmer, Chestnut e of 22d. Youngman Wm. painter, cor. 25th and Spring.
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Zandar Louis, molder, 710 Ohio. Zang Henry, carriage trimmer, 716 Ohio. Zeiger Gottlieb, carpenter, 414 Payson ave. Zeiger Gustav, blacksmith, 414 Payson ave. Zengel I. stone quarry, cor. 7th and Cherry. Zengel Joseph, stone mason, cor. 7th and Cherry. Ziener L. stones, etc. 7th and Jefferson.
Zimmerman Alvis L. blacksmith, 514 Kentucky. Zimmerman Chas. J. cigars, etc. 101 S. 7th. Zimmerman Jacob, upholsterer, 718 Jackson.
Zimmerman John, shoemaker, 5th near Kentucky. Zimmermann Anton, barber, 96 S. 5th. Zimmermann Chas. A. W. 805 Payson ave. Zimmermann A. W. physician, 626 Maine. Zimmermann Henry, blacksmith, Lind e of 3d. Zimmermann John, carpenter, 524 Kentucky. Zimmermann Mrs. J. widow, 514 Kentucky. Zimmermann P. blacksmith, 718 Jackson. Zimmermann Dr. Wm. 8th bet. York and Kentucky. Zipse L. cooper, 524 Payson ave. Ziving, accordeon repairer, 630 York. Zolle Peter, boots and shoes, 90 S. 5th. Zoller David, barber, 7th s of Washington.
Zoller Valentine, butcher, 7th n of Jefferson. Zonn Henry, molder, 609 State.
Zumsteg Geo. molder. 929 Payson ave.
Zurheide Henry, farmer, Monroe e of 15th.
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Allen Robt. farmer; sec. 1; P. O. Quincy. Allmeyer John, farmer; sec. 10; P. O. Quincy. Altenheim Fred, farmer; sec. 17; P. O. Quincy.
ANEALS FRANCIS A., farmer; Sec. 10; P. O. Fowler; born in Boone county, Mo.,Oct. 30, 1826 ; came to this county in 1832, with his parents and settled on Sec. 5, of this township. His father, however, only lived one year, as he fell a victim to Asiatic cholera in 1833. Mr. Aneals was married to Miss Al- mira Frost, in Dec., 1847. She was born in Athens county, Ohio, June 5, 1827. Have three children, one boy and two girls. He has held various important offices in the township. He owns 270 acres of land, nearly all of which is in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is one of the early and enterprising citizens; Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. Church.
ANTWEILER PHILLIP, ho- tel; Sec. 25; P. O. Quincy; born May 14, 1819, in Germany, and came to this county in 1867; was married to Abalina Koch in 1845. She was born in Germany. They have two children: Phillip, born Sept. 7, 1847; Anna, born Oct. 24, 1857. He owns three acres of land worth about $6,000 which adjoins the city of Quincy, on which he has a very valuable vineyard in connection with the farmers' and travelers' Home Hotel. He is beautifully located on 12th street road where it intersects Cedar Creek.
Arrowsmith John, farmer; sec. 31; P. O. Quincy. Arrowsmith Geo. farmer, sec. 31; P. O. Quincy.
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BANGERT CARL, farmer ; Sec. 16; P. O. Quincy; born in Germany, Oct. 18, 1834; came to this county in 1853 and settled in Melrose township, where he resided about six years; then moved to Concord township, where he resided three years, after which time he moved to this township. He was married to Miss Mary Wolcott. She was born in Germany. They have eight children,
four boys and four girls. He has held dif. ferent local offices in the township. He has 120 acres of land in a high state of cultiva- tion, well improved and stocked abundantly with fruit, and very valuable. Democratic in politics, and member of the German Lu- theran church of Quincy.
BARR MRS. ELIZABETH S., retired ; Sec. 13; P. O. Quincy ; born in Wor- cester county, Mass., Nov. 20, 1827; came to this county in 1858, but did not locate per- manently until 1859. She was married to Elizah Barr May 26, 1859. She has one child, May A., born April 29, 1865. Mr. Barr was, during life, one of the most enter- prising and energetic of the county's citizens, and one of those to whom it is indebted for its present prosperous and flourishing condi- tion. He died Oct. 10, 1864.
Barr H. E. farmer; sec. 8; P. O. Quincy. Barr H. F. farmer; sec. 3; P. O. Quincy.
BARR NEWTON H., farmer ; Sec. 8; P. O. Quincy; born on the place- where he now resides in 1853. His father emigrated from Lancaster county, Pa., to this county, in 1840. He held various local. offices in the county; was independent in. politics, and was numbered amongst the early and enterprising citizens who worked so nobly to make the county what it now is,. and died after attaining his 61st year, in 1876: The subject of this sketch and his brother, Geo. F. Barr, are now cultivating the old homestead which contains 120 acres, in a high state of cultivation, stocked with fruit. He is Democratic in politics, and usually at- tends the Methodist church.
Bartlett Mary E. sec. 6; P. O. Quincy.
BEATTY JOHN B., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 30; P. O. Quincy; was born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 6, 1828, and came to this county with his parents in 1831. His father, F. B. Beatty, took a firm stand in the politics of the county,. and died as he had lived a firm Democrat. His first settle- ment in the county was-, in 1828, and up to,
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the time of his death he was numbered among the early settlers of the county. Mr. J. B. Beatty las 80 acres of land in a high state of cultivation, well stocked with the various species of fruit. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Episcopal church.
BECK AUGUST, farmer; Sec. 18; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch ,was born in Germany, June 5, 1827; was ed- ucated in the schools of his native country, and in 1855 emigrated to the United States and settled in this county. He was married in 1857 to Miss Annie Voltbrink. She was also born in Germany. They have four chil- dren : two sons and two daughters. He owns 152 acres of land in a high state of cultiva- tion, abundantly supplied with fruit. He is Republican in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church, and one of the most energetic and industrious citizens of the township.
Beckman L. farmer, sec. 26; P. O. Quincy.
BEERS JAMES K., farmer and fruit grower; Sec. 32; P. O. Quincy; was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1815; came to this county in 1858; was married to Miss Paulina Farris in 1835. She was born in the state of New York in 1814. They have three children : Roseltha, Ursula, and John P. He owns twenty-five acres of land ad- joining the city of Quincy, in a high state of cultivation, adundantly stocked with fruit and very valuable. Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist church.
BERNBROCK FREDERICK, farmer; Sec. 33; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Prussia in 1825; came to this country in 1845 and settled in Mobile Ala., where he remained until 1849. He returned to Europe for a short stay, and married Miss Gertrude Rolf and returned to New Orleans, where he remained until 1851. Then he came to Quincy and went into general merchandising, pork packing and brewing, in which he con- tinued until 1871, after which time and up to the present, he has lived a retired life on his beautiful suburban farm near Quincy. His home is elegantly improved, abundantly stocked with fruit, and very valuable. They have had two children, both now dead. Democratic in politics, and a member of the Catholic church.
Berrian C. farmer, sec. 28; P. O. Quincy. Berrian Mary C. sec. 14; P. O. Quincy. Benson John, farmer, sec. 32; P. O. Quincy.
BIMSON ROBERT, dairyman ; Sec. 26; P. O. Quincy. The subject of this sketch was born in England, Nov. 11, 1830; was educated in the schools of his native country, and in 1847 emigrated to the United States and settled in this county. In 1850 he was married to Miss Jane Carlyle. She was born in Carlyle, England, April 15, 1830. They have seven children: four sons and three daughters. After coming to this county, he began the manufacture of lumber in the old primitive way with a whip-saw, in which business he continued some twelve years, and for the next six years he watered the streets around the square in Quincy, and then began the dairy business in which he is now engaged. He owns and occupies a beautiful surburban residence property con- taining six acres, splendidly located on the 12th street road, one mile north of the city limits. He is one of the most extensive and prosperous dairyman of the county notwith- standing he began life on a small scale. He has one son, Wm. H., in Co. "G" of the 15th United States Infantry ; he has been in the service for the past seven years. Mr. B. is Republican in politics, and a member of the M. E. Church.
Bittleston Harriet, sec. 17; P. O. Quincy.
BLAKESLEE WILLARD, fruit grower; Sec. 23; P. O. Quincy ; was born in Ohio, July 10, 1829; came to Quincy when only 7 years of age; has been a pilot on the Mississippi river, nearly all his life, in the trade between St. Louis and St. Paul ; was married to Mrs. Van Doorn in 1856. She was born in Hartford, Conn., in 1829. She was a Miss Fanny Miller, whose father, Joseph Miller, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and drew a pension until his death ; he also received a warrant for 160 acres of land in Iowa. He died in Quincy, in 1873; was one of a family of ten children, who are all dead, he being the last. Mrs. B. has one child, William H., by a former marriage. Mr. B. has twenty acres in fruit, and on account of its proximity to Quincy, is very valuable. Republican in politics, and attends the Congregational Church.
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